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Jay Bagley

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I’m really not good with plantain but I don’t think so.

Five might be a narrow leaf or other plantain but again, I don’t see much of any kind here; we don’t have many watered lawns.
I appreciate you taking a look at it for me. The ones that you were able to identify, are they okay to feed off and on?
 

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1 some kind of chicory or similar. Should be safe.
2. Looks like it may be a young buttercup. No feed
3. Not sure. Not a plantain though. Perhaps in the horseweed family?
4 cinquefoil or barren strawberry. Feed in moderation.
5. The upper large leaf makes me think of a type of horseweed again. the lower, I'm not sure
 

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Since I don’t know about the one that looks like parsley I wouldn’t feed it but I’d be very surprised if your tortoise ate parsley anyway.

The other two are fine.
 

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1 some kind of chicory or similar. Should be safe.
2. Looks like it may be a young buttercup. No feed
3. Not sure. Not a plantain though. Perhaps in the horseweed family?
4 cinquefoil or barren strawberry. Feed in moderation.
5. The upper large leaf makes me think of a type of horseweed again. the lower, I'm not sure
Thankyou guys!!!
 

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Here is a better pic of #3. If it is in the horseweed family, can that be fed on occasion?20180513_171620.jpg
 

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If it’s horseweed your tortoise probably won’t eat it but it is edible.

I can’t identify it one way or the other; too much missing.
 

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I have been keeping Sheldon out of my parents front yard because I don't know what this is. I also just wanted to take a second to thank everyone who has been responding to help me.20180516_140534.jpg
 

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Yep Vlad has been chowing down on them since he got the ok [emoji16]
Sounds good to me, I think I've been irritating Sheldon. He keeps going for the front yard and I keep picking him up before he gets there. He will be pleasantly surprised the next time we are over there.
 

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I have been keeping Sheldon out of my parents front yard because I don't know what this is. I also just wanted to take a second to thank everyone who has been responding to help me.View attachment 238815
It's a lovely colored violet.
I recently found some wild violets in my yard thats leaves were purple.
 

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Sounds good to me, I think I've been irritating Sheldon. He keeps going for the front yard and I keep picking him up before he gets there. He will be pleasantly surprised the next time we are over there.
Haha it's funny how they pick a direction and get set on achieving their destination [emoji23]
 

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It's a lovely colored violet.
I recently found some wild violets in my yard thats leaves were purple.
Thank you, I did find some that were very similar and purple. The one that I took a picture of is everywhere in their front yard.
 

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Haha it's funny how they pick a direction and get set on achieving their destination [emoji23]
So true!! Sheldon has a one-track mind. I could pick him up from where he is and bring him halfway around the yard, and he turns around and starts heading back in the same direction.
 
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